Barnala Assembly constituency

{{short description|Legislative Assembly constituency in Punjab State, India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Barnala

| mla = Kuldeep Singh Dhillon

| party = Indian National Congress

| latest_election_year = 2024 by-election

| state = Punjab

| district = Barnala

| loksabha_cons = Sangrur

| reservation = None

| electors = {{formatnum:182502}} (in 2022){{update after|2027|02}}

| type = SLA

| constituency_no = 103

}}

Barnala Assembly constituency (Sl. No.: 103) is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency in Barnala district, Punjab state, India.{{cite web|url=http://ceopunjab.nic.in/English/Elections/SE/List%20Of%20AC%20Name.pdf |title=List of Punjab Assembly Constituencies |accessdate=19 July 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423033326/http://ceopunjab.nic.in/english/Elections/SE/List%20Of%20AC%20Name.pdf |archivedate=23 April 2016 }}

Members of the Legislative Assembly

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

!Member

!Picture

!colspan="2"|Party

1997

| rowspan="2"| Malkit Singh Keetu

| rowspan="2"|

|{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}

2002

|{{Full party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}

2007

| rowspan="2"| Kewal Singh Dhillon

rowspan="2"| 75px

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress| rowspan=2}}

2012
2017

| rowspan=2 | Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer

| rowspan=2 | 75px

| {{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party| rowspan=2}}

2022
2024^

|Kuldeep Singh Dhillon

|

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

^By-poll

Election results

=2024 by-election=

{{Election box begin | title= Punjab Legislative Assembly by-election 2024: Barnala}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|candidate= Kuldeep Singh Dhillon

|party=Indian National Congress

|votes= 28,254

|percentage= 28.24

|change=

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate= Harinder Singh Dhaliwal

|party=Aam Aadmi Party

|votes= 26,097

|percentage= 26.09

|change=

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = Kewal Singh Dhillon

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 17,958

|percentage = 17.95

|change=

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate= Gurdeep Bathh

|party=Independent

|votes= 16,899

|percentage= 16.89

|change=

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate= Govind Singh Sandhu

|party=Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)

|votes= 7,900

|percentage= 7.90

|change=

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate=

|party=None of the above (India)

|votes= 618

|percentage=

|change=

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes= 2,157

|percentage=

|change=

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes= 1,00,042

|percentage= 56.34%

|change=

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Indian National Congress

|loser = Aam Aadmi Party

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2022 =

{{Election box begin | title=Assembly election, 2022: Barnala}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Aam Aadmi Party

|candidate = Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer

|votes = 64,800

|percentage = 49.27

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Shiromani Akali Dal

|candidate = Kulwant Singh Keetu

|votes = 27,178

|percentage = 20.66

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = Manish Bansal{{cite news |title=Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Congress Candidates and their Constituencies |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/punjab-elections-2022-full-list-of-congress-candidates/2407341/ |access-date=18 February 2022 |work=FE Online |agency=The Indian Express Group |issue=The Financial Express (India) |date=February 18, 2022}}

|votes = 16,853

|percentage = 12.81

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = Gurpreet Singh

|party = Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)

|votes = 9,917

|percentage = 7.54

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = Dhiraj Kumar

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 9,122

|percentage = 6.94

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = None of the above

|party = None of the above (India)

|votes = 855

|percentage = 0.65

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 37,622

|percentage = 28.61

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 131,532

|percentage = 71.81

|change =

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = {{formatnum:182502}}

|ref={{cite web |title=Punjab General Legislative Election 2022 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/14165-punjab-general-legislative-election-2022/ |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 May 2022}}

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing |winner = Aam Aadmi Party |swing = }}

{{Election box end}}

= 2017 =

{{Election box begin | title=Assembly election, 2017: Barnala{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3614-punjab-general-legislative-election-2017/ |title=Punjab General Legislative Election 2017 |author=Election Commission of India |access-date= 26 June 2021}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Aam Aadmi Party

|candidate = Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer

|votes = 47,606

|percentage = 35.49

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = Kewal Singh Dhillon

|votes = 45,174

|percentage = 33.67

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Shiromani Akali Dal

|candidate = Surinder Pal Singh Sibia

|votes = 31,111

|percentage = 23.19

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)

|candidate = Simranjit Singh Mann

|votes = 5,061

|percentage = 3.77

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Bahujan Samaj Party

|candidate = Paramjit Kaur

|votes = 2,369

|percentage = 1.77

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = None of the above (India)

|candidate = None of the above

|votes = 889

|percentage = 0.66

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = {{formatnum:171962}}

|ref={{cite web |url=http://ceopunjab.nic.in/English/Elections/SE/VS2017/D03-Electors%20and%20Polling%20Stations%20VS%202017.pdf |title=Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017 |author=Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab |access-date= 24 June 2021}}

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing

|winner = Aam Aadmi Party

|loser = Indian National Congress

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Previous Results=

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

A C No.NamePartyVotesRunner UpPartyVotes
2012103Kewal Singh DhillonINC54570Malkit Singh KeetuSAD49048
200782Kewal Singh DhillonINC58723Malkit Singh KeetuSAD57359
200283Malkit Singh KeetuSAD37575Surinder Pal SinghINC21305
199783Malkiat Singh KeetuIND41819Rajinder KaurSAD18105
199283Som DuttINC4289Malkit SinghSAD3473
198583Surjit SinghSAD31152Hardeep KumarINC20540
198083Surjit SinghSAD30289Narinder SinghINC (I)26979
197783Surjit KaurSAD26250Som DuttINC18395
197289Surjit SinghSAD30152Onkar ChandINC18849
196989Surjeet SinghSAD25442Gurcharan SinghINC22657
196789S. SinghADS24271R. SinghINC10119
1965By PollsS. SinghINC29820A. SarupIND12296
1962150Gurbakshish SinghAD26882Sampuran SinghINC24789
1957113Kartar SinghINC16027Gurbakshish SinghIND15608

See also

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